Fleeing driver found hiding

By The Record

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By The Record

Posted Feb. 9, 2013 at 12:01 AM

By The Record
Posted Feb. 9, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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STOCKTON - San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies responded shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday to numerous reports of shots fired in the first block of North Anthony Avenue in east Stockton. They were told to be on the lookout for a brown minivan occupied by two men.

As a patrol car approached the corner of North Cardinal and East Elvin avenues, a citizen flagged down the deputies and reported the brown minivan was last seen heading west on East Elvin. As the patrol car approached the van, the driver began taking evasive action, speeding up to 60 mph on residential streets, running stop signs and driving recklessly, deputies said.

While making a left turn onto South Adelbert Avenue from East Washington Street, the driver of the van lost control and struck a fence in the 4100 block of East Washington. The driver got out and fled, eluding deputies for about seven minutes until he was found hiding in the yard of a home, officials said.

Deputies arrested Juan Soto, 39, and booked him into the San Joaquin County Jail on suspicion of damaging private property, resisting arrest and reckless driving.